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Precedent is a principle or rule established in a legal case that becomes authoritative to a court or other tribunal when deciding subsequent cases with...

confidence put forward by Peel. According to precedent, Melbourne's defeat required his resignation. However, the cabinet decided to ask for a dissolution, which...

unilateral declaration of independence had set a precedent in international law that could apply to other separatist movements, or whether it is a special...

retract the interpretation placed upon these findings in the paper, according to precedent. In November 2004, Channel 4 broadcast a one-hour Dispatches investigation...

risk." Extradition might then breach fundamental justice because, according to precedent in Canada v Schmidt, if the harm faced by the extradited persons...

court ruled that according to precedent a recording mixer was not considered the author of a musical work, and so Rockstar were correct to treat the producer...

also used interchangeably with common law, is a law that is based on precedents, that is the judicial decisions from previous cases, rather than law based...

characteristic of common law is that it arises as precedent. Common law courts look to the past decisions of courts to synthesize the legal principles of past cases...

increased use, and the Court treats these orders as precedential despite the lack of opinions attached to the order. The remaining liberal justices, Stephen...

as a social and political category within society based on hierarchy. According to Marxist scholar David Roediger, by the 18th century, "white" had become...

subject-matter jurisdiction to affirm the District Court's order denying petitioners' motion to dismiss. The Court found that according to precedent, government officials...

Nuremberg Trials Rule of Law in Armed Conflicts Project Rule of law Rule According to Higher Law Sources of international law "Charter of the United Nations...

fundamental human rights. The new states were to supply a declaration, which according to precedent was tantamount to a treaty. The resolution stated that "the...

history". Following Edward's coronation parliament was recalled. According to precedent, a new parliament should have been summoned with the accession of...

decided to leave the government. However, the Greens were willing to support a one-party Social Democratic minority government. According to precedent, a new...

however, supported Jackson's actions, maintaining he had acted according to precedent and his orders. He also denied the sovereignty of the Seminole tribe...

tenets of Islam and my knowledge of your precedent in Islamic and national struggles, I appoint you the authority to establish the interim government without...

decompose, making the town unpleasant to live in. It is contended according to precedent that the whale is "fish royal" and therefore the monarch is responsible;...

The Court of Appeals began by noting that, according to precedent, prosecutorial failure to respond to a specific Brady request is properly analyzed...

Errors as to precedent facts, sometimes called jurisdictional facts, in Singapore administrative law are errors committed by public authorities concerning...